4723-26-04
Renewal of community health worker certificate.

(A)
The board shall provide a renewal
application, located at http://www.nursing.ohio.gov/forms.htm
(revised January 2013), to every holder of a current, valid certificate, except
when the board is aware that the individual may be ineligible for certificate
renewal for any reason, including those reasons set forth in section
4723.092 of the Revised Code.
Failure of the certificate holder to receive an application for renewal from
the board does not excuse the certificate holder from the requirements of
section 4723.85 of the Revised Code and
this chapter.

(B)
To renew a
certificate to practice as a community health worker a holder of a current,
valid certificate shall:

(3)
Meet the continuing education
requirements set forth in rule
4723-26-05 of the Administrative
Code.

(C)
If a completed
renewal application is not postmarked, renewed on-line, or otherwise received
by the board on or before March first of each odd numbered year, the
application shall be considered late and a late fee of fifty dollars shall be
imposed in addition to the thirty-five dollar renewal fee.

(D)
A certificate holder may request that his
or her certificate be placed on inactive status:

(1)
At the time of renewal, by checking the
appropriate box on the renewal application that indicates the certificate
holder wants to place the certificate on inactive status; or

(2)
At any time, by submitting to the board a
written statement requesting that the certificate be placed on inactive
status.

(E)
The board
may reactivate an inactive certificate if an individual submits to the board
all of the following:

(1)
Written notice
requesting reactivation of the inactive certificate on the form required by the
board;

(3)
Documentation satisfactory to the board
of having completed the continuing education requirements for renewal of a
community health worker certificate as provided in rule
4723-26-05 of the Administrative
Code.

(F)
A certificate
holder who has placed a community health worker certificate on inactive status
is not required to pay a renewal fee unless the holder seeks to reactivate the
certificate. If the certificate holder placed a certificate on inactive status
after March second of the year in which the certificate was to be renewed, and
notifies the board on or before March thirty-first of the same renewal year of
the intent to reactivate, the certificate holder must still pay the late
processing fee required by paragraph (C) of this rule.

(G)
If a certificate to practice as a
community health worker is not renewed by March thirty-first of each odd
numbered year and the certificate holder has failed by that time to request
that the certificate be placed on inactive status, the certificate will
lapse.

(H)
The board may reinstate
a lapsed certificate to practice as a community health worker if the individual
submits to the board all of the following:

(2)
Payment of the
thirty-five dollar renewal fee plus a lapsed fee of one hundred dollars;
and

(3)
Documentation satisfactory
to the board of having completed the continuing education requirements for
renewal as provided in rule
4723-26-05 of the Administrative
Code.

(I)
When a
community health worker certificate is inactive or lapsed, the individual shall
not represent or imply to the public that he or she is certified by the board
as a community health worker.

(J)
An individual who continues to represent to the public that he or she is a
certified community health worker during the time that his or her certificate
is inactive or lapsed, may be subject to disciplinary action by the board in
accordance with rule
4723-26-11 of the Administrative
Code.

(K)
A
community health worker certificate holder who is a service member or veteran,
as defined in rule
4723-2-01 of the Administrative
Code, or who is the spouse or surviving spouse of a service member or veteran,
may be eligible for a waiver of the late application fee and the reinstatement
fee according to rule
4723-2-03 of the Administrative
Code.